Notes:Grandparenting (NSW) is a service of Council On The Ageing (NSW) to provide grandparent support.

Grandparents and Grandchildren Society Australia Incorporated (G.A.G.S.) aims to help alleviate the feelings of loneliness, isolation and isolation from one's peer group. This is achieved through promoting regular social interaction via meetings, functions and general get-togethers where people can share information. A database of phone contacts and a regular newsletter are available. GAGS offers telephone support and access to Group Leaders in times of crisis. GAGS are also able to link or refer you to appropriate people or resources who are best suited to provide the right help, advice or assistance.

Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Group was established in 1999 by a group of grandparents with the support of the Anglicare Family Support Team and the Onkaparinga Council. These grandparent carers became aware of a range of difficulties unique to grandparents when they took on the full-time care of their grandchildren. The main objective of the group is to provide a friendly, informal and confidential venue where grandparents can support each other in this role.

Marymead Grandparents Support Project is a partnership between Marymead Child and Family Centre, Canberra Mothercraft Society and Relationships Australia. The program has been developed to help grandparents who are raising or who play a significant role in raising their grandchildren, for whatever reason. Some grandparents are caring for their grandchildren informally; others have an order from the Family Court and others are "kinship carers", caring for their grandchildren by arrangement with the local child protection authorities.

The Mirabel Foundation assists children who have been orphaned or abandoned due to parental illicit drug use. Currently Operating in Victoria and NSW, The Mirabel Foundation has published a book When the children arrive... - A Resource Book for Kinship Carers which is available online at this FACS page.

Seniors Information Services and the Seniors Inquiry Line are operated by the State divisions of COTA and can provide information about support groups and support services for grandparents raising their grandchildren.

Western Sydney Grandcarers meet twice a month in Penrith, NSW. The group was established in September 2002 and provides a venue for support and information sharing between grandparents raising their grandchildren in a safe, confidential and non judgmental environment. Childcare for pre school children is provided, allowing grandparents to sit and have a cuppa and a chat with others in their situation.